महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-179, verse-13

विहगैरुपयुक्तस्य शैलाग्रात्पतितस्य वा ।
अग्निना चोपयुक्तस्य कुतः संजीवनं पुनः ॥१३॥

13. vihagairupayuktasya śailāgrātpatitasya vā ,
agninā copayuktasya kutaḥ saṁjīvanaṁ punaḥ.

13. vihagaiḥ upayuktasya śailāgrāt patitasya vā
agninā ca upayuktasya kutaḥ saṃjīvanam punaḥ

13. vihagaiḥ upayuktasya vā śailāgrāt patitasya
ca agninā upayuktasya punaḥ saṃjīvanam kutaḥ

13. For that which has been consumed by birds, or fallen from a mountain peak, or consumed by fire – how can there be re-animation again?

Words meanings summery:

• विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

• उपयुक्तस्य (upayuktasya) - of that which has been eaten/devoured (of one consumed, of one used, of one employed)

• शैलाग्रात् (śailāgrāt) - from a mountain peak

• पतितस्य (patitasya) - of one fallen

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अग्निना (agninā) - by fire

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उपयुक्तस्य (upayuktasya) - of that which has been devoured/burnt (of one consumed, of one used, of one employed)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (is it possible) (from where, whence, how)

• संजीवनम् (saṁjīvanam) - re-animation, revival, making alive

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (lit. going in the sky)

Compound type : tatpurusha (viha+ga)

• viha – sky, air
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  Suffix -ga from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agent of 'upayuktasya'

उपयुक्तस्य (upayuktasya) - of that which has been eaten/devoured (of one consumed, of one used, of one employed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of upayukta

upayukta - used, employed, consumed, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from upa-yuj (to join, apply, employ, consume)

Prefix: upa

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies an implicit 'body' or 'thing'

शैलाग्रात् (śailāgrāt) - from a mountain peak

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śailāgra

śailāgra - mountain peak, summit of a rock

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaila+agra)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• agra – top, peak, summit, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Point of origin for 'patitasya'

पतितस्य (patitasya) - of one fallen

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implicit 'body' or 'thing'

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Disjunctive conjunction

अग्निना (agninā) - by fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Agent of 'upayuktasya'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

उपयुक्तस्य (upayuktasya) - of that which has been devoured/burnt (of one consumed, of one used, of one employed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of upayukta

upayukta - used, employed, consumed, appropriate

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from upa-yuj (to join, apply, employ, consume)

Prefix: upa

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies an implicit 'body' or 'thing'

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (is it possible) (from where, whence, how)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

संजीवनम् (saṁjīvanam) - re-animation, revival, making alive

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃjīvana

saṁjīvana - making alive, re-animating, reviving, subsistence

From sam-jīv (to live again, to revive)

Prefix: sam

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb 'is' or 'occurs'

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of repetition